Presence of God

²⁴ Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you may die. ²⁵ If the officials hear that I talked with you, and they come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us or we will kill you,’ ²⁶ then tell them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.’”

I find this verse very interesting, in fact the king ordered the prophet to lie. Which makes me wonder.

Through out Jeremiah, i really felt sadness in my heart as God turned away from the people of Israel, Really, Israel was destroyed as i read more and more of the Book of Jeremiah. I am thankful of God's grace that we are able to enjoy worldly peace. I know it would not be long, but I thank God that we are all living in this decade enjoying such privilege. In hindsight, it is very dangerous to sin and not repent, truly repent. We see the consequences of sin that Israel brought upon themselves. Their everything was destroyed. EVERYTHING. Nebuchnezzar II destroyed everything but spared the prophet Jeremiah, just as his prophesy declared. It is always better in the presence of God than in sin.